A Utah Bear Hunt

[IndianaBowman]

Working hard for them Steadman!

Thanks for bringing us along....

[Over&Under]

This is getting good!!!!

[zipper bowss]

Great story so far!  
Bill

[Gatekeeper]

This is great so far, Ryan!    You have plenty of bear in your part of the world and I hope you boys get to drag one out.  

[twitchstick]

Your getting me fired up with this action! Don't feel bad when I had my tag the BLM,Forrest service and DWR all had issued me permits that were not even remotely in the baiting area. I was the one that caught the misstake after finally getting a map from them to scout out new baiting areas. Now lets see some bear steaks!  

[snag]

That picture of Shane granola bar dipping is FUNNY! Just testing the bait, huh? Got to make sure it is "just right" for yogi...haha
Great looking spot for your treestand. I don't like sitting in them either. I'm a spot and stalk guy. But with bears it's the way to go probably.
......   .....AND....come on.....

[bohuntr]

Good stuff Ryan keep it comin!

[Missouri CK]

Looks good so far Ryan! Can't wait to hear how this ends.

Chris

[Over&Under]

Hello?  Is this thing on???

Let's have the rest Ryan      :D    

[jcar315]

[K.S.TRAPPER]

Don't forget the link Ryan posted at the beginning of this thread of his hunt a couple of years ago. I'm going back through it right now and still can't believe the color of some of the bears.  

Awesome buddy        

Tracy

[Sharpend60]

I remember following one you your bear hunts years ago. I read every word.

I've always wanted to nab myself a bear.

I'll be following along!

[Tater]

Ryan,
   Your killin' me here with anticipation..!

           

[Terry Lightle]

OK RYAN,cut the crap and get on with it before the bad storms get here.Just kidding but there are storms coming

[leatherneck]

 Cant wait for more.

[tim roberts]

Hell Ryan, you are dragging this story out better than most of them there Eastern guys do           .  Come on we got other things to do!!!!!

[Shinken]

The sun is beginning to touch the horizon here in the far, far West and I suspect that we may have another sunrise before the intermission is over and the sequel, or Part II, begins....

Just like the black & white Saturday serial shows at the local movie theater boys!

Just like the good ol' times!

             


Shoot straight, Shinken

 

[Cyclic-Rivers]

TTT

I am looking for more      

[steadman]

Sorry for the delay. Not only did the stuff happen with my bait, but my truck died the day before I had to get Shane, so I had to return Dad's.

Now on with the show...

[steadman]

We continued to sit and sit, with the feeling that the bear would soon show up, but as with all hunting, nothing is a gaurantee, and tonight was no exception. Nothing showed and at dark we made out 2 mile journey back out to camp under a breath taking array of stars.

We discussed the next days plans and decided to get up and head to the other bait, check to see if it was hit, if not come back. The next morning broke beautiful, with a gorgeous red sunrise. We got to the bait to find it in the same condition it was in on Fri night. Down came the stand and out we went. We knew where we would be sitting the final day.

The hike in went faster due to the lessened weight. This time when we got to the top, before Shane moved in, I suggested he drop his pack and sneak in to the bait while i waited back. It was about 2 pm. He came back about 30 minutes later, telling me the wind was all wrong the entire time. He swore he heard the 5 gallon bucket drop.

We approached the bait to find it had indeed been hit. I had left a jar of scent there, and found it down the hill a ways. When I picked it up, it was wet. We checked the trail camera.

 

Although the date and time is wrong, the bear had been there just before us. Man what an unpredictable bear. Two days in a row it was there around noon. We did another "crack" burn, and while fighting Shane off the burn material, we decided to move my stand to the side.